Homework: February 4

Honors English 11 (D)

• Finish annotating the essay you started marking up in class.
• Work on your article of the week assignment; it's due by Monday.
• Finish up and print out vocab stories if necessary and bring them in tomorrow!
• Study your vocab!
• Read your independent reading book!

English 11 (F)

• Continue reading and taking notes on Room. By Friday (snow day or no snow day), you should be finished with the third section of the book, Dying. 
• Establish a reading schedule for yourself. You might read 20 pages tonight, 20 pages in class tomorrow, and then finish tomorrow night. Or, if we have a snow day tomorrow, maybe you want to get a good chunk of the reading done in front of a cozy fireplace after you build a snowman!
• Read your independent book!

Honors English 12 (G)

• Re-read "Tenth of December" and annotate. Many of you expressed confusion, and this is certainly not a straightforward story, but some of your confusion is effort-based. This isn't the type of story that you can read really quickly--you need to take your time, and make notes as you read. You might need to re-read for clues. They're there, but you need to be a careful reader. When you read carefully, you'll start to notice the skill that it takes to write a story that's so highly regarded as this one.
• Here are some things to keep an eye on:
• As we spoke about in class, a text-break signifies a shift in the text--maybe time, setting, narrator, or focus. Here, it seems to shift from focusing on one character to the other, right?
• Make sure you clarify who each of the characters is, and his/her relationship to the main characters, Robin and Eben. You might need to make notes on a separate sheet of paper.
• Consider the opening of the story. We talked about how Robin was getting himself all set up for a mission. And, that mission seemed pretty imaginary, right? Don't forget to keep that in mind when you read about those Nethers, and his conversations with Suzanne. Think about what's really going on there.
• There aren't quotation marks here, even though it sometimes seems like people are saying things--think about why as you read.
• Pay attention to italics--think about reasons authors sometimes use effects like italics and all-caps.
• Make sure you figure out what Eber is up to. It's revealed slowly, but clues along the way will help you understand why he's out in the woods on a cold day in December, and why he leaves his coat behind...
• Read your independent book!

Honors English 11 (A)

• Work on your article of the week assignment; it's due by Monday.
• Finish up and print out vocab stories if necessary and bring them in tomorrow!
• Study your vocab!
• Read your independent reading book!